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bare¹ Definition

bare (ber)

adjective barer bar′er, barest bar′·est

    1. without the natural or customary covering bare wooden floors
    2. without clothing; naked bare legs
  1. without equipment, supplies, or furnishings; empty a bare room, a bare larder
  2. without embellishment; unadorned; simple; plain the bare facts
  3. without tools or weapons: obsolete except in bare hands
  4. threadbare
  5. no more than; mere a bare subsistence wage

Etymology: ME bar < OE bær < IE *bhoso-s < ? base *bhes-, to rub off > sand

transitive verb bared, baring bar′·ing

to make bare; uncover; strip; expose

Related Forms:

bare¹ Idioms

lay bare

to open to view; uncover; expose
bare² Definition

bare (ber)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

bare Synonyms

bare

modif.

  1. Without covering

    exposed, uncovered, naked, stripped; see naked 1, open 4.

  2. Plain

    unadorned, simple, unornamented, stark; see modest 2.

  3. Without content

    barren, void, unfurnished; see empty 1.

  4. Without surplus

    scant, meager, insufficient; see inadequate 1. See syn. study at naked.

bare Synonyms

bare

v.

reveal, uncover, expose, unveil, strip, lay bare, divulge, publish, disclose; see also expose 1, reveal 1, strip 1, undress. See syn. study at strip.

bare Usage Examples

Object

  • resemblance: Paul Durkin: small, ginger, bares a suspiciously close resemblance to Paul Scholes.
  • scar: The Peddar's Way bares the scars of the final advance of the Roman conquest into Britain.

Adjective complement with noun phrase

  • strip: Unfortunately, these plantations strip the land bare of its lowland forest.

Modifies a noun

  • bone: On to these bare bones must be grafted a squad, with options.
  • minimum: The running costs of the Charity are kept to bare minimum.
  • foot: Jack caught sight of long bare feet easing forward on the ramp.
  • patch: Also bare patches of ground leave room for weeds to take root.
  • floorboard: Concrete or tiled floors and bare floorboards can all harbor infestations especially in any cracks and crevices and these warrant thorough cleaning.
  • necessity: The difficulty they face to meet even the bare necessities of life cannot be overemphasized.

Used with adjective complement

  • lay: Your house has been laid bare, how is your heart.. ... .
  • strip: Have stripped bare the us federal of e-mail for.
  • lie: Now whole mountains lay bare with nothing to protect the valley from the elements.
  • please: So please bare in mind I was more than willing to check my bag in there and then.
  • buy: Up the capital to buy bare the highest interest marsh's brokers routinely.
  • look: Only the beautiful shop window, designed for presenting a tempting array of goods to the outside world, looks bare from the inside.

Modifying Another Word

  • rather: The county is rather bare of timber, which is owing to the very great demand for it in the fens.

Preposition: in

  • mind: Bare in mind they are based off things I have read rather than hard fact.
  • winter: If you don't grow ivy, get an evergreen clematis if you don't want it to look bare in the winter.

Preposition: of

  • vegetation: Soils which are bare of vegetation are very likely to be a problem.
bare Quotes

One of the most striking of abstract art's appearance is her nakedness, an art stripped bare.

—Motherwell, Robert

Pylons, those pillars Bare like nude, giant girls that have no secret.

—Spender, Sir Stephen Harold

Break forth into joy, sing together, ye waste places of Jerusalem: for the L hath comforted his people, he hath redeemed Jerusalem. The L hath made bare his holyarm in the eyes of all the nations; and all the ends of the earth shall see the salvation of our God.

—Bible (Old Testament)

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